http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog Central Heating, Insulation and Boiler Information Thu, 17 May 2012 13:26:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/solar-pv-set-to-benefit-bristol-residents.html http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/solar-pv-set-to-benefit-bristol-residents.html#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 13:26:44 +0000 David Holmes http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/?p=4647 Residents in Bristol are set to benefit from solar PV technology after a local co-operative announced plans to install free panels on homes across the city. Bristol Power is planning to introduce the scheme on a trial basis in Lockleaze. Should it prove successful, the co-op intends to make free solar panels available throughout the [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/solar-pv-set-to-benefit-bristol-residents.html/feed 0 http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/pm-briefed-about-problems-surrounding-green-deal.html http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/pm-briefed-about-problems-surrounding-green-deal.html#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:22:58 +0000 Katie Anderson http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/?p=4643 Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have been briefed on the problems affecting the Government’s Green Deal initiative, which aims to improve energy efficiency in homes throughout the UK. Intended to provide homeowners with loans to pay for loft insulation, cavity wall insulation and other energy-saving measures, the Green Deal was set [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/pm-briefed-about-problems-surrounding-green-deal.html/feed 0 http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/newcastles-new-biomass-plant-criticised.html http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/newcastles-new-biomass-plant-criticised.html#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 09:17:14 +0000 Katie Anderson http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/?p=4638 Housing officials in Newcastle have been criticised after plans to build a new wood-burning biomass plant in the east of the city were announced. The proposal attracted public concern following a scandal involving biomass processing in the area between 1979 and 1999. The Byker Wall biomass incinerator burned waste products for two decades before it [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/newcastles-new-biomass-plant-criticised.html/feed 1 http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/75-per-cent-of-britons-are-ignorant-to-the-savings-potential-of-smart-meter-technology.html http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/75-per-cent-of-britons-are-ignorant-to-the-savings-potential-of-smart-meter-technology.html#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:35:44 +0000 David Holmes http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/?p=4633 One of the leading energy suppliers in the UK has published research that suggests more than 75 per cent of Britons are ignorant to the savings potential of smart meter technology. Claiming that 37 million people in Britain need to increase their ‘energy smartness’, E.ON also asserted that 60 per cent of energy consumers would [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/75-per-cent-of-britons-are-ignorant-to-the-savings-potential-of-smart-meter-technology.html/feed 0 http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/rhpp-forerunner-to-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-extended.html http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/rhpp-forerunner-to-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-extended.html#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 10:50:58 +0000 Katie Anderson http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/?p=4627 Renewables Guide is delighted to see the RHPP scheme extended to a 2nd phase, providing a bridge to the full renewable heat incentive scheme expected in 2013. According to the latest Renewables Guide press release, there is good news for UK homeowners as the Government announces a second phase for the renewable heat premium payment [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/rhpp-forerunner-to-renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-extended.html/feed 0 http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/solar-pv-installations-have-dropped-by-almost-90-since-fit-cuts.html http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/solar-pv-installations-have-dropped-by-almost-90-since-fit-cuts.html#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 09:36:20 +0000 Katie Anderson http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/?p=4623 A report by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has revealed that solar PV installations dropped by nearly 90 per cent since the British Government halved Feed-In Tariffs (FITs) in April. The seemingly rapid decline had been expected by the solar industry, which criticised government officials for failing to realise the potential of [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/solar-pv-installations-have-dropped-by-almost-90-since-fit-cuts.html/feed 0 http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/campaigners-stage-protest-outside-centrica-hq.html http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/campaigners-stage-protest-outside-centrica-hq.html#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:06:11 +0000 Katie Anderson http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/?p=4617 Armed with a giant spoof energy bill, dozens of Greenpeace campaigners have staged a protest today outside Centrica’s head office in a move designed to highlight the plight consumers face over “rip off” energy bills.  Protesting against high energy costs which they say are fuelled by rising gas costs, around 65 protesters blockaded the road [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/rapid-growth-for-tyneside-energy-company.html/feed 0 http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/e-on-apologises-after-incorrectly-billing-customer-for-78k.html http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/e-on-apologises-after-incorrectly-billing-customer-for-78k.html#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:52:02 +0000 Katie Anderson http://www.homeheatingguide.co.uk/blog/?p=4608 Energy firm E.ON has issued an apology after sending an incorrect bill to a customer. Although clerical errors of this kind are far from extraordinary, the size of the mistake managed to attract the attention of the national media; indeed, the customer had been asked to pay £77,815.85 for gas supplied to a property in [...] Related posts:

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